take in
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(verb) make (clothes) smaller; "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight" |
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Related Words: alter, change, vary |
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Antonyms: let out |
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(verb) take up as if with a sponge |
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Synonyms: sop up, suck in, take up |
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Related Words: consume, have, ingest, take, take in |
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(verb) fold up, of sails |
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Synonyms: gather in |
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Related Words: coal, furl, incorporate, roll up |
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(verb) accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid" |
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Synonyms: take up |
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Related Words: fuel, have, receive |
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(verb) visit for entertainment; "take in the sights" |
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Related Words: see, visit |
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(verb) provide with shelter |
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Related Words: house, put up |
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(verb) take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua" |
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Synonyms: adopt |
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Related Words: take |
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(verb) express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees" |
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Synonyms: invite, receive |
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Related Words: assume, see, welcome |
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(verb) hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We overheard the conversation at the next table" |
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Synonyms: catch, overhear |
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Related Words: hear |
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(verb) call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts" |
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Synonyms: collect |
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Related Words: farm, raise, take |
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(verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?" "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" |
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Synonyms: bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realize |
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Related Words: acquire, bear, bring home, eke out, get, gross, pay, profit, rake in, rake off, shovel in, squeeze out, take home, yield |
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(verb) suck or take up or in; "a black star absorbs all matter" |
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Synonyms: absorb |
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Related Words: suck, suck in |
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(verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!" "I don't take sugar in my coffee" |
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Synonyms: consume, have, ingest, take |
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Related Words: booze, cannibalise, cannibalize, do drugs, drink, drug, eat, feed, fill, fuddle, get down, hit, imbibe, partake, replete, sample, sate, satiate, smoke, sop up, suck in, swallow, take in, take up, taste, touch, try, try out, use |
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(verb) take up, as of knowledge or beliefs |
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Synonyms: absorb, assimilate, ingest |
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Related Words: imbibe, larn, learn |
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(verb) see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Brodaway" |
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Synonyms: catch, see, view, watch |
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Related Words: preview, spectate, watch |
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(verb) fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" |
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Synonyms: befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang |
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Related Words: betray, deceive, kid, lead astray, pull the leg of |
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(verb) be able to take in, as of liquids; "The sponge absorbs water well" |
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Synonyms: absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take up |
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Related Words: blot, mop, mop up, sponge up, wipe up |
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